Psalms 38:18
For, mine iniquity, will I declare, I shall be anxious because of my sin;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
In Context
17For, I, to halt, am ready, and, my pain, is before me continually;
19And, my foes, are alive—have become strong,—and multiplied are they who hate me for false cause:
Cross References
Job 33:27He sang before men, and said, I sinned, and, uprightness, I perverted, yet he requited me not;
Psalms 51:3For, my transgressions, do, I, acknowledge, And, my sin, is before me continually:
2 Corinthians 7:7Not, however, by his presence alone, but also by the encouragement wherewith he had been encouraged over you: recounting unto us your earnest desire, your lamentation, your zeal in my behalf. So that I the more rejoiced.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 38:13-22
Sorrowful Complaints. 12 They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long. 13 But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth. 14 Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs. 15 For in thee, O Lord , do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God. 16 For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves… Read the whole commentary →